Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.